Man arrested for setting own house on fire gets 3 years in Bahrain jail

TDT | Manama                                                             

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

A 30-year-old man who intentionally burned down the apartment he was living in received a three-year jail term. The man was found guilty of the offence during a trial at the High Criminal Court. The Court said the man is guilty of setting the apartment on fire, which gutted it and endangered the lives of other tenants living in the same building.

A tenant living in the same building who found thick plumes of black smoke billowing out of the apartment reported the incident to the police. “I rushed towards the apartment to save him. After reaching there, I found that the man was injured and bleeding from his legs.

“I also called 999 to alert firefighters,” the man told prosecutors. Civil Defence Officers reached the scene immediately and doused the blaze before spreading to nearby apartments. An investigation later confirmed the fire as human-made.

Medical examination proved that the man was under the influence of drugs and deliberately set the apartment alight while smoking. The public Prosecution charged him with arson and endangering lives.